It took Bobby Flay's business partner, Laurence Kretchmer, five years to find the perfect space for Gato. The floor in the lounge comes from the Mondrian in L.A.; the wood on the walls is reclaimed from old New York water towers; and the steel columns are all original: "I love when people say to me, 'Did you put those there?' I'm like, 'What's wrong with you? They're holding up the building.' The building's 100 years old, so we took this space and built a restaurant inside of it, made to look like it was always there."

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Last night, Bon Appétit joined forces with chef Bobby Flay at his soon-to-open restaurant Gato to kick off Vegas Uncork’d, our can’t-miss food festival coming to Sin City May 8–11. We got down with the likes of Mario Batali, Giada De Laurentiis, and more in Flay’s beautiful, soaring space, the perfect place for a celebration—as Flay’s business partner Laurence Kretchmer puts it, it has “old New York bones.” We made the most of the night, catching up with chefs like Aaron Sanchez, Anne Burrell, and Todd English, just for starters; enjoying a sneak peek at Gato’s Mediterranean-inspired “olive oil cuisine”; and spending some quality time in the photo booth. What happens in Vegas stays there, so can you blame us for wanting to begin the party here in NYC?

It took Bobby Flay's business partner, Laurence Kretchmer, five years to find the perfect space for Gato. The floor in the lounge comes from the Mondrian in L.A.; the wood on the walls is reclaimed from old New York water towers; and the steel columns are all original: "I love when people say to me, 'Did you put those there?' I'm like, 'What's wrong with you? They're holding up the building.' The building's 100 years old, so we took this space and built a restaurant inside of it, made to look like it was always there."